DC Hardcover Collected Editions Part 3

[FlashingSabre]

why? is the absolute not worth it? im debating if i should pick it up or not.

It's crazy expensive and huge. I'd like a Deluxe myself.

[The_Dark_Knight]

^

The Absolute is gorgeous. Quitely's art is beautiful in the larger format. I adore the Absolute.

[sho nuff]

why? is the absolute not worth it? im debating if i should pick it up or not.

It depends on whether you like absolutes or not. For me both the story and art are worthy of the format and I'm happy that I have the absolute.

[Commissioner Gordon]

Do you mind telling where did you get it and assuming it's new and still sealed, how did you determine that the copy isn't affected with the misprint/missing text?

Does anyone here recommend Absolute Justice in comparison to Absolute Kingdom Come, since it's OOP and expensive? I just want to have Alex Ross artworks in Absolute format.

I liked Justice quite a bit and the absolute has a good amount of extras as well.

[gearsofcrabs]

Do you mind telling where did you get it and assuming it's new and still sealed, how did you determine that the copy isn't affected with the misprint/missing text?

I have a sealed copy that I bought brand new awhile back (isn't sealed anymore). I didn't know anything about there being misprint/missing text. Can someone enlighten me on what is missing/ incorrect so i can check mine please?

[Dick Grayson]

Some Amazon Fish:

Contagion/Legacy in one book (hopefully with Bane of the Demon and the Bane one shot) : Batman: Legacy/Contagion https://www.amazon.com/dp/1401260683..._f.VHvbFMZPZWV

Azrael Vol. 1 https://www.amazon.com/dp/1401260608..._rbWHvbD8VDNHM

Batman: Road to No Man's Land Vol. 2 https://www.amazon.com/dp/1401260632..._ocWHvbKPYDFFF

Cassandra Cain: Batgirl Vol. 1 https://www.amazon.com/dp/1401260721..._HdWHvbPFWE8TS

[mars]

That Batgirl is tempting.

[madhouse]

I have a sealed copy that I bought brand new awhile back (isn't sealed anymore). I didn't know anything about there being misprint/missing text. Can someone enlighten me on what is missing/ incorrect so i can check mine please?

According to The Internetz, the missing text is on page 104.

..and DC made this guy sad: https://youtu.be/oD6OijbHTQ0?t=1m27s

[mars]

So, I knew the Orion backups were in the back of the omnibus, but are they also out of order? I was looking at the individual issues on MyComicShop and the first backup mentioned is in #3 and by Frank Miller. I've been flipping back and forth as I read and I'm five issues in and still haven't seen the Miller story (or any of the first few mentioned on MCS).

[JShilpetski]

So, I knew the Orion backups were in the back of the omnibus, but are they also out of order? I was looking at the individual issues on MyComicShop and the first backup mentioned is in #3 and by Frank Miller. I've been flipping back and forth as I read and I'm five issues in and still haven't seen the Miller story (or any of the first few mentioned on MCS).

They put some other stuff before the Orion back-ups, so I think the order goes like this:

Showcase '94 #1, DCU Holiday Bash #1, Fourth World #9-11, 13, New Gods Secret Files #1, Legends of the DCU 80-Page Giant #2, Orion #3-4, 6-8, 10, 12-15, 18-19, Tales of the New Gods TPB, Countdown #24

[mars]

Thank you so much.

[The Whovian]

So, I knew the Orion backups were in the back of the omnibus, but are they also out of order? I was looking at the individual issues on MyComicShop and the first backup mentioned is in #3 and by Frank Miller. I've been flipping back and forth as I read and I'm five issues in and still haven't seen the Miller story (or any of the first few mentioned on MCS).

I have absolutely NO idea why DC published them out of order but it's seriously egregious. I just finished reading this series myself (I have it bound). It's essential to read the backups in order and right after the issue they were originally published because it helps you understand the issue you just read. Here's how they should be read (issue # first and the backup story that accompanies it):

#3 - 'Tales of the New Gods' by Miller
#4 - 'Ashes, Ashes, we all fall down' by Gibbons
#6 - 'The Perfect Servant' by Larsen
#7 - 'Death and his brother' by Chaykin
#8 - 'Dead End' by Liefeld (yuck)
#10 - 'Light!' by Arthur Adams (my absolute favorite backup story in the entire series!)
#12 - 'The Garden' by Jim Lee
#13 - 'The arming of Apokolips' by Simonson
#14 - 'Frankenstein's Legacy' by Simonson
#15 - 'Greater than/Lesser than' by John Paul Leon
#18 - 'A Good Servant' by Milgrom
#19 - 'The art of the deal' by Eddie Campbell

[mars]

Yeah, I think I'm gonnna start over since I'm not that far along. I remember reading they added to the main story, and after reading that Christmas story I was like "ok, something is not right" and started looking around to see what was up.

[mooch]

Cassandra Cain: Batgirl Vol. 1 https://www.amazon.com/dp/1401260721..._HdWHvbPFWE8TS

Yes! I'm still missing a bunch of the trades. I wonder if this will include the first two or so trades.

[FlashingSabre]

Some Amazon Fish:

Contagion/Legacy in one book (hopefully with Bane of the Demon and the Bane one shot) : Batman: Legacy/Contagion https://www.amazon.com/dp/1401260683..._f.VHvbFMZPZWV

Azrael Vol. 1 https://www.amazon.com/dp/1401260608..._rbWHvbD8VDNHM

Batman: Road to No Man's Land Vol. 2 https://www.amazon.com/dp/1401260632..._ocWHvbKPYDFFF

Cassandra Cain: Batgirl Vol. 1 https://www.amazon.com/dp/1401260721..._HdWHvbPFWE8TS

Wow. They are going all out with the 90's Batman stuff.